Hafez Awards nominees announced

2018 Hafez Awards has announced nominees among Television programs.

This year the event has picked the candidates from among the television and home screening productions that have been shown from March 2017 to March 2018.

The announced list is as follows:

Best Television Series:

Elham Ghafouri for 'Capital'

Hamid Rahimi-Nadi for 'Next-door Neighbors'

Mohammad Emami for 'Shahrzad'

Mohammad-Reza Shafiei for 'Ruby'

Reza Joudi for 'The Bachelors 2'

Ahmad Kashanchi for 'Breath'

Best Actor in a Television Comedy Series:

Bahram Afshari for 'Capital 5'

Pejman Jamshidi for 'Next-door Neighbors'

Mohsen Tanabandeh for 'Capital 5'

Houman Haj-Abdollahi for 'Capital 5'

Kazem Sayyahi for 'The Bachelors 2'

Houtan Shakiba for 'The Bachelors 2'

Ahmad Mehranfar for 'Capital 5'

Best Actress in a Television Comedy Series:

Yasmina Baher, Roya Teymourian and Gohar Kheirandish for 'Next-door Neighbors'

Rima Raminfar for 'Capital 5'

Azadeh Samadi 'Next-door Neighbors'

Roya Mirelmi for 'The Bachelors 2'

Nasrin Nosrati for 'The Bachelors 5'

Best Actress in a Television Drama Series:

Parinaz Izadyar for 'Shahrzad'

Behnaz Jafari 'A Mother's Sacrifices'

Golchehreh Sajjadieh for 'Anam'

Sanaz Saeidi for 'Breath'

Gelareh Abbasi, Taraneh Alidousti and Roya Nonahali for 'Shahrzad'

Best Actor in a Television Drama Series:

Mojtaba Pirzadeh for 'Shade'

Shahab Hosseini for 'Shahrzad'

Kambiz Dirbaz for 'A Mother's Sacrifices'

Mostafa Zamani, Mehdi Soltani and Amir-Hossein Fathi for 'Shahrzad'

Ali-Reza Kamali for 'Breath'

Best Screenplay in a Television Series:

Mohsen Tanabandeh for 'Capital 5'

Abbas Nemati, Hamid Taheri and Sadeq Khoshhal for 'In Pursuit of Tranquility'

Hassan Fathi and Naghmeh Samini for 'Shahrzad'

Soroush Sehhat and Iman Safaei for 'The Bachelors 2'

Jalil Saman for 'Jalil Saman'

Best Director in a Television Series:

Behrang Tofiqi for 'Ruby'

Jalil Saman for 'Breath'

Hassan Fathi for 'Shahrzad'

Sam Qaribian for 'Excellency'

Saman Moqaddam for 'Next-door Neighbors'

Sirous Moqaddam for 'Capital 5'

The 18th edition of Hafez Awards is slated for August 13, 2018.

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